The Gunpowder Plot and the attempted kidnapping of Princess Elizabeth
Four centuries have passed since The Gunpowder Plot took place. Its failure and the punishment of the thirteen conspirators is still celebrated in the United […]
Elizabeth Stuart
Sophia of Hanover – Heiress of Great Britain
Sophia of Hanover was born on 14 October 1630 in The Hague, the Netherlands, where her exiled parents, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James VI and I and Anne […]
Royal Renegades: The Children of Charles I and the English Civil Wars by Linda Porter Book Review
The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration […]
Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate – Princess, artist and abbess
Louise Hollandine has been dubbed the most talented and difficult of the children of the King and Queen of Bohemia. Born in April 1622, Louise […]
Inside Kneuterdijk Palace
Last year I wrote about Kneuterdijk Palace lamenting the fact that as a government building (it currently houses the Council of State) it would not […]
Elizabeth Stuart – The Winter Queen
In 1596, Elizabeth Stuart, the eldest daughter of King James VI Scotland and Anne of Denmark, was born. In 1603, the old Queen Elizabeth I […]